Friday, September 14, 2012

Tiny Stitcher

On Monday night we all came together for Knit Night again after a bit of a Summer break. We don't always break for the Summer, but this time we all seemed to be running in different directions with our own families for awhile, so we took a little time off. Being back together was like a happy family reunion! :) As always, we drank tea, consumed sugar {in the form of cupcakes this time}, swapped stories and got on the business end of a whole lot of yarn!
Pictured above are the precious little hands of Ivy, our Tiny Stitcher. She is the 5 year old best friend of my granddaughter Gabby. Ivy's Grandma, Carey and I have been best friends since we were 18 and 21 {me being the older one}. We had our babies {all girls for each of us} at the same time and raised them up together and now our daughters are doing the same thing. Isn't lifelong friendship a beautiful thing?
 Ivy and her Mommy ~ Malory.
This is Ivy's first year of being homeschooled and part of her education is learning to crochet. And believe me, she is doing a mighty fine job. Those tiny hands just move that hook in and out right where it needs to go.
This is Ivy's "Meena" {that's what she calls Carey instead of Grandma} taking a peek to make sure the stitches are all lining up.
I just love seeing such little hands taking up the craft already. Makes my heart beat with great happiness! :)
 
And one more crafty thing I have to show off ~
Carey has recently learned the lovely art of basket making.
I am so delighted with her skills!
Aren't they beautiful?
And they had that wonderful baskety smell about them too.
 
She has promised to teach me at some point.
Afterall ~ I'm the one who taught her to crochet many years ago {which she is a PRO at!}.
And then I taught her to knit a few years ago too.
So, now it's my turn :)
 

9 comments:

  1. What a sweet little stitcher! and the baskets are gorgeous! (my other weekness besides crochet is collecting baskets, lol!) Have a great weekend!

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  2. Aw, I can't stand it! Li'l Miss Ivy is adorable and so tiny. How wonderful that she is interested in crochet. Too sweet. And I love to hear that sweet children are being homeschooled. Yay for her and her family.

    Carey's baskets are beautiful! I've made a few in the past, but I think hers look better than the ones I made. Very nice indeed!

    Have a fabulous weekend, Danette!

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    1. OH! Thanks for your sweet comments:) I will pass them on for sure. Homeschooling can be a wonderful thing. I homeschooled my youngest daughter from 8th grade through high school. Wouldn't have missed those years for anything!
      You have a fabulous weekend as well!

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  3. Thats so lovely to see 3 wonderful generations and your all still friends all these years later thats wonderful and rare sometimes.....what i love is you always seem to be on the same page because you grew up together at least thats my experience.....take care, Heidi

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    1. Thanks Heidi, you are so right! We are like family with each other. We just love each other to pieces. Carey and I had our first daughters, mine was Hilary, hers was Malory, just 8 months apart. Then we had our first granddaughters just 6 weeks apart. Isn't that cool?! I'm so happy you came by and are a new follower Heidi. Thanks so much. Looking forward to getting to know you! :)

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  4. I love to see needle arts being passed down to the young girls. She will remember that for a long time!
    Those baskets are beautiful!!!!!

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    1. I do to! That's where it starts. And when they learn so young it becomes such a part of them that they don't remember life without knowing how to do it. And those baskets ARE beautiful! Thanks Lynne.

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  5. Aww, amazing!! seeing little kids taking up knitting is truly a treat. I love the concentration on her face!

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    1. I know! Doesn't she look adorable! She was real serious about it too, believe me. And she was going to town with almost no help at all. Too darn cute :) I love the child!

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Have a lovely day.
Danette